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AKIRA ISHIKAWA & COUNT BUFFALO - OKINAWA [Clear Vinyl] PRE-ORDER

AKIRA ISHIKAWA & COUNT BUFFALO - OKINAWA [Clear Vinyl] PRE-ORDER

Label King Records NAS-2184
Format LP
Vinyl New / Sealed
Cover New / Sealed
OBI New / Sealed
Comment 2027 Japan reissue / Clear Vinyl
$50.00 USD
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About This Record

A 1976 album by Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo, led by the great drummer who pursued his own musical path with jazz and rock as its two pillars.

With Okinawa as its motif, the album crosses genres, drawing on funk, Afro, disco and more. Taking on standards, Western covers and Okinawan folk songs, with arrangements partly by Koichi Sugiyama, it delivers dynamic and experimental performances. With memorable choruses by Kayoko Ishu and Time Five, it is a little-known, one-of-a-kind concept album. This reissue is its first-ever color vinyl edition, pressed on clear vinyl.

"A bible for me, an album I've loved since the days we formed Minyo Crusaders: Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo's 'OKINAWA.' The arrangements are by none other than Koichi Sugiyama. Built on Ishikawa's super-tight drumming, Side A pushes Philly soul and jazz-funk to the front, with a southern openness like wandering into a 1970s disco in Koza. On Side B, Okinawan scales, sitar guitar and dreamy choruses intertwine and plunge into an exotic world. The 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan, the rock and soul of Koza, a thriving Okinawan folk scene, the 1975 Ocean Expo: at a time when 'Okinawa' was changing dramatically, it may be no coincidence that a band chasing the world's new beats headed for OKINAWA. A masterpiece to hear alongside Makoto Kubota's 'Hawaii Champroo' and Haruomi Hosono's 'Bon Voyage co.' (Tai-An Yoko)."
— Katsumi Tanaka (Minyo Crusaders)

Akira Ishikawa – Drums
Takao Naoi – Electric Guitar
Hideo Ichikawa – Keyboards
Masaoki Terakawa – Electric Bass
Larry Sunaga – Latin Percussion
Koji Hatori – Trumpet
Eiji Arai – Trombone
Takeru Muraoka – Tenor Sax, Alto Sax
Masao Suzuki – Baritone Sax
Ohno Group – Strings
Time Five – Vocal
Kayoko Ishu – Vocal
Produced by Koichi Sugiyama, Akira Ishikawa, Reiko Yukawa

Recorded at Alfa Studio
Original release: November 21, 1976
Label: King Records / Sound Fuji (Reissue Series Wave 1)
Catalog No.: NAS-2184
Japanese release date: April 16, 2027

SIDE A
1. サスカッチ (Sasquatch)
2. 士官候補生 (The High School Cadets)
3. 子象のマーチ (Baby Elephant Walk)
4. セ・シ・ボン (C'est Si Bon)

SIDE B
1. 沖縄ブルース (Okinawa Blues)
2. シー・サイド・バウンド (Sea Side Bound)
3. 谷茶前 (Tanchame)
4. サンセット沖縄 (Sunset Okinawa)

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